Sunday, June 28, 2009

Well I am officially into my new apartment (with my lovely new roommate JoJo) but the only problem is that I don't have any bedroom furniture yet. Hopefully it will be delivered this week...

Friday was my last long run before the Boilermaker 15k in two weeks from today. I set out early to avoid the sun, but it was still hot out. I did a simple out and back loop-de-loop of just under 9 miles on a pretty flat course. Around 6 miles my knees were really hurting and I finally had to stop at an intersection with less than a mile to go. I feel like I just need new sneakers but I was thinking maybe I could just get some gel insets to wear for the race and then get new sneakers after that??

8.9 miles in 1:13:24 (8:15 pace)

After the run I had trouble walking down the stairs, my quads were so sore! I woke up Saturday and went for a recovery run which turned into a super slow jog around the block. My legs would not move at all and its a good thing that I had today off from running so I could rest up!

Tomorrow starts my "taper" of sorts for the 15k and also tomorrow is my first day of work! I have my outfit all picked out and I am ready to go! I am a little bit nervous but really the first day can't be that hard...right??!! So tomorrow is a big day in a lot of ways!

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

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J

23 comments:

I'd get the new shoes. I always find new shoes to be "springier" and thus faster on race day...It may just be in my head.

More importantly, however, is to run your taper workouts in good shoes. You don't want to start the race injured. If your knees continue to give you trouble, ice them after your workouts. Keep your runs easy and taper down. Things will likely work themselves out if you give them some TLC.

do you have a foam roller??? i LOVE rolling out my quads and it helps tons. great job on your long run!!! can't wait for you to rock the race!!!!!!!!!! so where did you buy your bedroom furniture?? elliot and i are gonna have to buy everything- neither of us owns a thing!! :)

And looks like I'm in the minority here... but I wouldnt get new shoes before the race, unless you can get a good 20-30 miles on them before the race. I find that new shoes take a little breaking in sometimes. Just my opinion, though.

It might be the shoes, depedning on how many miles you've ran in them, but to be safe I would also try to ice those knees. Good luck on the race and good luck on the first day of work too, that should be exciting!